Applying Filters and Breakdowns in Funnel Steps

Yes, you can apply filters and breakdowns to different steps in a Mixpanel funnel. These are independent operations that serve different purposes:

You can apply inline filters to individual steps in your funnel. According to the Funnels Advanced Concepts documentation, inline filters allow you to apply event or user property filters to each step of your funnel, adding granularity and specificity to your conversion criteria.For example, you could filter Step 1 to only include events where "Browser = Safari" while leaving other steps unfiltered, or apply different filters to different steps as needed.

Breakdowns segment your entire funnel data by a property or cohort. When you apply a breakdown, it affects how you view the entire funnel results, not just a single step.However, you can control which step's property value is used for the breakdown through property attribution. As explained in the Property Attribution documentation, you can choose whether the breakdown uses the property value from: - First Step Defined - Last Step Defined - A specific step numberSo while the breakdown applies to the entire funnel visualization, you can specify which step determines the property value used for segmentation.

You could create a funnel where: - Step 1 has an inline filter for "Platform = iOS" - The entire funnel is broken down by "UTM Medium" attributed to Step 2This would show you iOS users segmented by their UTM Medium value from Step 2.

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I understand your confusion. Let me clarify how filters and breakdowns work separately in Mixpanel funnels:

To apply a filter to a specific step in your funnel: 1. Click on the "…" icon beside the event/step you want to filter 2. Select a property from the dropdown list 3. Specify which values to filterAccording to the Filters documentation, this is called an inline filter and it applies to one particular event in the report. The Funnels Advanced documentation confirms that inline filters allow you to apply event or user property filters to each step of your funnel individually.

To apply a breakdown: 1. Click the "Breakdown" button (separate from the filter controls) 2. Select the property or cohort you want to breakdown your results byAs stated in the Funnels Quickstart guide, breakdowns segment data into groups for the entire funnel.

- Inline filters: Use the "…" menu on individual steps - Breakdowns: Use the separate "Breakdown" button that affects the entire funnel viewWhile the breakdown applies to the whole funnel visualization, you can control which step's property value is used through property attribution settings (First Step Defined, Last Step Defined, or a specific step number).So you're applying them through different UI controls - the "…" menu for step-specific filters, and the "Breakdown" button for funnel-wide segmentation.

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